GHS News July 2010

GHS NEWS GLENTHORNE HIGH SCHOOL:

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Summer Holidays

As we reach the end of another year, may we take this opportunity to wish all our pupils a great Summer Holiday. Relax, enjoy yourselves and stay safe. School breaks up at 1.15pm on Thursday 22nd July and we return on Thursday 2nd Sep-tember for Aca-demic Review Day. All parents should have received a letter to notify them of the time of their appointment.

July 2010

Monday 12th July saw the start of Challenge Week and Glenthorne students certainly rose to the challenge! Over 30 different challenges were organised for students to participate in and all of them tested their resilience, reciproc-ity, resourcefulness, reflectivity, problem-solving and team-work. For year 12 students the week was all about raising aspirations, with trips and activities designed to help them think, research and plan their future after the 6th form, including a variety of guest speakers from top universities to offer advice about their next steps. Many have now completed the first draft of their UCAS personal statement and are ready to come back to Y13

in September with a clear focus about what they need to achieve next year. Year 10 students were excellent ambassadors for the school during the week on their various work experience placements, all of which provided their own unique challenges as students experienced life in the real world of work. Both employers and year 10 tutors have given very positive feedback about our students’ approach to this fantastic opportunity. For Y7, Y8 & Y9 there were the usual exciting week-long trips to Gibraltar, France, Spain and Weymouth, as well as shorter camping and adventure expeditions to Blacklands and Ashdown Forest.

In school, pupils also took part in a range of tough challenges throughout the week: • Researching, designing and catering for a fashion show based on sustainability. • Creating and performing a piece of theatre inspired by South African story telling. • Participating in the BBC school sports report. • Developing entrepreneurial skills in The Junior Apprentice challenge. • Learning and performing circus and magic skills. • A week-long travel training course. • A week-long Art & Photography challenge.

There were of course dozens more projects such as the Army Cadets obstacle course, film-making, orienteering, a problem-solving treasure hunt, wheel-chair basketball and the popular puzzle challenge as well as day trips to HMS Belfast and the Science Museum to watch the Rocket Show and explore the Launch Pad exhibition. Students have now returned to school with exciting stories of camping in the rain, abseiling, rock- climbing and dragon-boating, practising their foreign languages skills and participating in music concerts and football games in various corners of Europe. It turned out to be a really successful week but the highlight had to be a live web link to South Africa on Friday afternoon, through which teachers and students thousands of miles away were able to watch our year 7 students performing their final theatre pieces to a packed audience in Glenthorne’s school hall. Thanks to all the staff who made the trips and challenges possible and well done to all the students for their hard work and positive attitudes.

Inside this issue: • Challenge Week 2010 • Charity Week 2010 • Community Event • Awards Evening 2010 • Goodbye Year 11 • Year 13 Prom • Extended Services • OFSTED • ArtsOne • Art Exhibition • ParentPay • Sports

Glenthorne opened their hearts to the less fortunate during the school's annual Charity Week by raising money for the school's chosen charity, Path Out of Poverty. Leading the events was the Head Student Team that did a fantastic job in bringing the school to-gether in the name of Charity; not only giving up their time but their freedom and dignity for the sake of a good cause. Monday saw the 6th form boys and teachers with clenched teeth as their leg hair was ripped from the root, leaving their pain-forsaken limbs a mix of silky smooth and patchy with fur. Tuesday was a day for student revenge: Sponge the Teacher! The pupils joined in their masses to give the volunteering victims a good drenching with sponges that were eventually cast aside and replaced with buckets of water. Wednesday was the 6th form slave auction with the stock also feature Mr. Parrish! The winner bid-der could use their slave to carry their bags, open doors and even fetch them McDonald's along with many other chores. The highest bid was £40 which was given for Lewis Wilson - a landslide increase over the previous £8 record! Also worth a mention was the £26 and £23 fetched by Lauren Goldsack and Jamie Miles. Thursday was Karaoke! Teachers and pupils came together to give their own renditions of their fa-vourite songs, including 'I Want to Break Free' by Mr. Glover and Mr. Simpson who fashioned a knight costume and a unique fairy king outfit, respectfully. Friday finished the week off with a World Cup themed mufti-day with pupils coming in as football-ers, fans and even a few WAGs strutted their way into the school. Glenthorne is renowned for its selflessness and generosity and the excitement of the past week is a sign that 2010 is no exception. Congratulations and thanks to all that helped and participated!

Head student Jamie Miles and Mr Furminger enduring the pain of leg waxing!

Sponge the Teacher!

Charity Week 2010!

A Spoonful of Sugar A community event focussing on

nutrition and healthy eating

On 13th July 2010, Glenthorne played host to a community event attended by families from our community of schools and the local area. The event used a variety of strategies to dis-seminate information on nutritional health as well as a number of healthy eating activities for the whole family to engage with. The event was supported by a number of partners including SCOLA, Alive N Kicking, Deborah Norman – the borough’s nutritional health adviser, EcoLocal, Jenny Rowley from Sutton’s Advice and Inspection team, Wandle Valley School’s catering de-partment and students and our own ArtsOne students who performed an outstanding devised piece of drama.

The participants had the opportunity to try a wide range of healthy tasters and even got to take a number of recipes home with them. The evening was a great success and the evalua-tions clearly displayed participant learning and the new strategies that families were going to implement based on their new knowledge.

Families had the opportunity engage with interactive activities including weighing out the healthy portions of fruit and vegetables and had a chance of winning prizes.

This year’s Awards Evening proved to be a fitting celebration of our pupils’ many suc-cesses and achievements. Pupils, parents, staff, governors and many important guests, including the Mayor, Margaret Court, and Rowena Cox, a representative from the Humphrey Richardson-Taylor Trust, long-time sponsors of the school, were in buoyant mood after England’s triumph on the football pitch and came along to con-gratulate and encourage pupils for their success at school. Two of our Head Students, Jamie Miles and Seher Bellikli, led the whole presentation which looked back on pupils’ achievements over the past year and individual awards interspersed with some outstanding musical contributions, including Daniel Shao’s stunning flute rendition of Prelude 2 & 3 Op 18 composed by Muczynski, Glenthorne’s own Jazz Band playing ‘Night in Tunisia’ composed by Dizzy Gillespie and arranged by Hal Leonard and 10.46, a Glenthorne High School Rock Band, playing Paradise City. Our guest speaker, Paul Clements, who used to be a teacher at Glenthorne between 1995 and 2000 and is currently the coach of the Chelsea first team, was able to give pupils an inspirational message about the virtues of high aspirations supported by hard work and a purposeful attitude. Particularly motivational was his message that it’s never too late to achieve your goals if you have the right attitude and an abun-dance of determination. Congratulations to all our Award Winners and contributors and thank you to Paul Clement for making it such an inspirational evening.

AWARDS EVENING 2010

The sun shone on our Year 11s for their final assembly on 29th June. Our Year 11s turned up for the final assembly dressed in their finery. They gathered in the playground and lined up alphabetically one last time! They were treated to a nostalgic final assembly looking back on treasured memories of friends, teachers and funny moments over the last 5 years. Miss Butt organised the event and Mr Hume, Mrs Bayles and the Year 11 tutor team took it in turn to reminisce, but the best moments were the recollections of students and a sensational perform-ance by Polaroid, a Year 11 band. Later in the day, it was the Year 11 Prom, and they turned up in style at the Holiday Inn for an evening of fun and dancing. It has been a pleasure and privilege for all staff to be associated with the Year 11s. They are a wonderful year group and we will treasure fond memories of them. We wish them a happy and successful future. We look forward to seeing many of our Year 11s back in the 6th Form in September. We wish those who are leaving all the best for the future.

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We welcomed our new Year 7s, the class of 2010, on their Induction Day on 1st July and said goodbye to our Year 13s, the class of 2003, on Friday 2nd July. Our Year 13s have spent 7 years, nearly half their lives, at Glenthorne High School. They are leaving, but they will never be forgotten. They are irreplaceable and their impact and contribu-tion to the school have been remarkable. Most importantly, they have left their legacy in our memories:- • We will always treasure vivid memories of their football team, the most successful the

school has ever seen. • Their contribution to the Performing Arts, particularly through Music and Drama has been

enormous. • They were the first year group to go on the World Challenge trip to Peru in 2009 and the

COPE trip to South Africa also in 2009. The Senior Student team have organised so much for the school, Charity Week, 6th Form Parties, Curry Night, Caribbean Night, discos for Year 7 and 8 and the School and Year Coun-cils.

At their Leavers’ Assembly on Friday 1st July, Mr Hume, Mr Parrish and their tutors took a nos-talgic look back at the last 7 year, at the landmarks and achievements and students reminisced about their favourite memories. The event, organised by Miss MacGillivray, culminated in a champagne celebration and a toast to a happy and successful future. The Prom in the evening at Epsom Downs Racecourse was a refined affair with the students dressed to kill and was thoroughly enjoyed by staff and students alike. We wish all our Year 13 leavers all the best for the future, whether it be at university or their chosen career. The best of luck for their results on 19th August, if all goes well and they get the results they need, students will be off to universities all over the country including Bristol, Loughborough, Nottingham, King’s College London and the London School of Economics.

Year 13 Prom

Glenthorne High School's Extended Services are going from strength to strength. In addition to all the work the school does around the core offer of extra curricular activities, community access, referral to external services and outside agencies, the element of Parent-ing Support this year has seen the addition of the 'Family BBQ' for all families of our new Year 7 cohort for September 2010. The photos show some of the 'buzz' that was created on Saturday 3rd July where new par-ents and carers joining the school had an informal opportunity to network and make new friends as did the new Year 7 pupils. Burgers and hotdogs were enjoyed by the 250 attendees. The new members of the Glenthorne community had a great day in the sunshine!

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OFSTED Parents and Carers will be aware that our last OFSTED inspection was in November 2006. OFSTED has just carried out an “interim assessment” of the school which does not involve coming into school at all, but looking at exam results, attendance data and the school’s own self evaluation. OFSTED has concluded that the school has sustained its high performance and that we will not now be inspected until at least September 2011. Please see the attached letter from OFSTED to parents and carers.

ArtsOne: Billy Elliott – Saturday 3rd July One of the highlights of the last few weeks was ArtOne’s stunning performance of Billy El-liot. If we had been wondering how we would replace the talents of our Year 13 leavers, the answer was staring us in the face in this amazing performance. The ArtsOne performers all aged between 11 and 15 put on a captivating performance, at times hilarious and at others emotionally charged. Billy Elliot is a challenging musical for such young performers and requires great confidence and courage for many of the roles. The audience really appreciated the performance and special mention should go to Me-shach Henry, a thoroughly convincing Billy Elliot, Max Dandy, a hilarious Michael, Rachel Lloyd, a passionate and outspoken Mrs Wilkinson, and also Daniel Gage in his role as Tony. All the performers were outstanding and should be congratulated on such a memo-rable performance. Thanks also to the directors, particularly Miss West, for all her time and effort.

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Art Exhibition The school’s annual Art Exhibition took place on 23rd June 2010. The exhibition was well sup-ported by parents, staff and governors who were impressed by the quality and diversity of the students’ work. Congratulations to all students for producing such outstanding work.

PARENT PAY Ms Sturges will be sending out ParentPay letters this week, these will include user names and passwords. Could I please ask you to take a couple of minutes to log on to ParentPay and register your child. ParentPay will enable you to pay for school trips, activities, school uniform, school meals and much more! You will be able to put money on your child’s lunch account and look at how your child is spending your money! As you are aware, the Finance office does not accept cheques any more, so Par-entPay is the safest, quickest and most convenient way of paying. Parent pay will give you a receipt and if you have more than one child you can link accounts. Thank you for your support.

GHS NEWS SPORTS

Sports Day: 8th June 10 We’ve got used to it now; it always rains on Sports Day! Undeterred, the whole school walked down to the Sutton Arena via Rose Hill. Sports Day was soon in full swing with banners and posters of support and cheer-ing classmates. Many parents also attended to show their support, but they were all under cover! The first two hours were dry, but at 11.00am, umbrel-las went up and there was a heavy downpour for 20 minutes. The events continued, however, and there were some outstanding performances, notably: • Ella Shears – Yr 8 1500m with winning time of 5.50 • Scott Keary – Yr 8 800m with winning time of 2.36 Also, Toby Young had broken the Javelin Record for Yr 8 in an athletics meeting earlier this season, with a distance of 32.45m, and 8S were the top scoring tutor group from any year group. The day culminated in the relays and the staff race, which was much enjoyed by the pu-pils.

G L N T H R S C Year 7 boys 29 58 68 93 74 54 35 77 girls 60 56 71 55 73 39 22 63 position 7TH 5TH 4TH 1ST 2ND 6TH 8TH 3RD Year 8 girls 38 49 47 71 53 62 77 41 boys 69 56 67 64 51 59 85 41 position 5TH 6TH 4TH 2ND 7TH 3RD 1ST 8TH Year 9 girls 57 56 37 42 83 68 45 42 boys 56 87 38 57 61 29 77 85 position 5TH 2ND 8TH 6TH 1ST 7TH 4TH 3RD Year 10 girls 68 48 60 40 71 51 39 51 boys 66 66 38 66 80 31 53 61

position 2ND 3RD 6TH 5TH 1ST 8TH 7TH 4TH

What a year it has been for Sport at Glenthorne. Take a look at some of the highlights from 2010…

Year 7

Football - Boys • Played 9 games, won 5 and lost 4 • The team came 2nd in the Sutton League • Sutton Cup semi-finalists • 3rd overall in the district five-a-side competition • Special mention to Ryan Anderson who is at Crystal Palace Academy and Dominic Bongo who

is at Charlton Academy • Player of the season goes to Daniel Barnes

Football - Girls • Girls came third League • Special mention to Melissa Lang & Madison Hough • Player of the season goes to Melissa Lang

Netball

• Played 8 matches, won 6, drew 1 and lost 1. • Special mention Alyce Bishop who has been selected for Surrey Netball trials • Player of the season also goes to Alyce Bishop

Rugby

• Won the Blitz Tournament at the beginning of the year • Came 3rd in the League overall • Played 7, won 5 and lost 2 • Scored 17 tries in the League • Special mention to Riccado Ferrier, Sam Singers, Ciaran Mohr, Charlie Hogan, William Burgess • Player of the season goes to Sam Singers

Gymnastics

• Novice Competition held at St Philomena’s School for Girls • Fantastic display by all girls – 3 winners gaining 1st, 2nd & 3rd place • Gym show on 10th & 11th March – More than 150 pupils were involved and this year’s Michael

Jackson theme was a huge success bringing together gym, dance and cheer-leading. A big well done to all the girls and boys involved.

• Special mention to Mia Needham, Kelsey Morris, Lauren James and Thara Koodoruth, Dean Fincham, Scott Bouchez

• Gymnast of the year goes to Mia Needham Summer Sports (Rounders, Cricket & Athletics)

• The summer sports have been really popular this year. A huge congratulations to everyone who took part in Sports day.

• The overall winning tutor group for Year 7 at Sports Day was 7T • Even bigger congratulations to those who were selected for Borough Sports. • Year 7 Boys came 6th overall and Year 7 girls came 2nd overall. • Special mention to Shamal Ahmed who came 3rd in 100 metres, Jake Mottley who came 3rd in

the Triple Jump and Santino Buckley who came 3rd in the hurdles. Melissa Lang who came 2nd in the 800 metres and Sarah Nedjai who came 2nd in the 1500 metres.

• Athlete of the Year goes to Sarah Nedjai due to her performances at Sports Day, Borough Sports and Sutton Schools Cross Country

GHS NEWS Page 18 Year 8 Football – Boys

• Played 11, won 8, lost 3. • League Winners • Sutton Cup runners-up • Wilson’s 5-a-side competition runners-up • Crystal Palace 6-a-side winners • Oli O’Dwyer playing at Reading Academy • Oli O’Dwyer, Toby Young, Matt Cusack, Callum Wilson selected for Surrey football trials. • Player of the Year goes to Charlie Taylor for being ever present and a consistent player.

Football – Girls

• Girls came third in league • Special mention to Jess Burke & Lucy King • Player of the Year: Jess Burke

Netball

• Played 8 matches, won 8 matches - undefeated • Special mention Paige Hellewell who has been selected for Surrey Netball

trials and Beck Evans for her outstanding commitment • Player of the Year: Paige Hellewell

Rugby

• Competed in the Blitz Tournament • Special mention to Folu Odimayo & Luke Beckett for their dedication and commitment to Rugby

this year. • Player of the Year goes to Jamie Lawton

Gymnastics • Novice Competition held at St Philomena’s School for Girls: • Fantastic display by all girls – 3 winners gaining 1st, 2nd & 3rd place • Special mention to Harry Devonport & Hannah Ainge for their efforts in the Gym Show this Year. • Gymnast of the season goes to Meshach Henry

Summer Sports (Rounders, Cricket & Athletics) • The overall winning tutor group for Sports Day for Year 8 was 8S. • Even bigger congratulations to those who were selected for Borough Sports. • Year 8 boys came 5th overall and Year 8 girls came 7th overall. • Special mention to Toby Young who was the Borough Champion in Javelin with his leg in a cast (!),

Ella Shears who came 2nd in the 1500 metres and also took part in the Surrey Schools cross-country and had Surrey Schools Athletics Surrey Trials. Folu Odimayo came 3rd in the 200 metres. Scott Keary came 3rd in the 800 metres (and smashed the school record)

• Special mention to Sam Wills who has represented England at Ice Hockey.

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Year 9 Football - Boys

• Played 10, won 4, drew 1, lost 5. • Third in the League • Sutton Cup runners up • Wilson’s 5-a-side runners up • Fantastic season for the boys. Never finished as high in the league

or gone as far in the cup. Really looking forward to next year. • Special mentions to Lewis Stanley, Billy Webb, George Martin and Stewart Haughton. Player of the Year goes to Joe Hunt – also selected for Surrey Football Trials.

Rugby

• Competed in the Blitz Tournament – won 2, lost 2 • Had a thrilling league match v Ernest Bevin that finished 19/19. • Special mention to James Love, Tommy Rhodes, Joe Bennett, Lamar Lecky and Nicky

Marcianio for their dedication and commitment to Rugby this year. Player of the Year goes to Billy Webb

Gymnastics • Novice Competition held at St Philomena’s School for Girls • – 3 winners gaining 1st, 2nd & 3rd place • Special mention to Demi Proud and Laura Barfield for being so committed to the gym

squad this year. Summer Sports (Rounders, Cricket & Athletics)

• The overall winning tutor group for Year 9 at Sports Day was 9H. • Even bigger congratulations to those who were selected for Borough Sports. • Year 9 Boys came 7th overall and Year 9 girls came 5th overall. • Special mention to Joe Hunt who came 3rd in the shot-putt, Kiera Maguire who came 3rd

in the 200 metres, Natalie Rumbelow who came 3rd in the 800 metres, Kerry Dennis who came 3rd in the Javelin and Hope Anderson who came 3rd in the long jump.

Year 10 Football - Boys

• Played 11, won 10, lost 1. • Won the League undefeated • Won the District Cup • Won the 5-a-side Wilson’s tournament • Special mention to all the boys who have represented the

Year 10 football team throughout their time at Glenthorne. • Charlie Craig & Spencer Cridlin have represented the county

U15 team this year. Player of the season goes to Jack Eden

Gymnastics

• Novice Competition held at St Philomena’s School for Girls: • Fantastic display by all girls – 3 winners gaining 1st, 2nd & 3rd place • Special mention to Chante Gibson & Nicole Cannon for all their effort and hard work in the

Gym show this year

Summer Sports (Rounders, Cricket & Athletics) • The overall winning tutor group for Year 10 for Sports Day was 10H. • Even bigger congratulations to those who were selected for Borough Sports. • Year 10 Boys came 8th overall and Year 10 girls came 5th overall. • Special mention to Jack Burgess 2nd in the 1500 metres, Zainab Lawal who came 3rd in

the 300 metres, Janaya Spiteri who came 1st in the Discuss, Natalie Thomas who came 1st in the Hurdles and Chelsea, Zainab, Natalie and Janaya for coming 1st in the relay.

• Spencer Cridlin broke the school 400m record.

BOY’S ATHLETICS RECORDS

GIRL’S ATHLETICS RECORDS

This year, the relays took place on Wednesday 30th June between Glenthorne, Greenshaw and Overton Grange. Glenthorne’s under 14 team came joint 1st place with Overton Grange. Glenthorne’s under 16 team came 1st. This was a fantastic result for Glenthorne, coming 1st overall.

EVENT YEAR 7 YEAR 8 YEAR 9 YEAR 10 100m F Odimayo (2009)

12.77s D Turner (2000) 12.51s

J Alexander (2001) 11.76s

G Hellewell (2008) 11.56s

200m F Odimayo (2009) 27.72s

B Symes (2005) 25.38s

C Bashford (1996) 24.84s

C Bashford (1997) 24.10s

400m G Martin (2008) 1.03.58

R Wellman-Fromant (2004) 60.08

D Scott (2004) 55.98s S Cridlin (2010) 58.31

800m T Bosher (2004) S Keary (2010) G Hearne (2001) 2.17 G Hearne (2002)

1500m T Lewis (2008) 5.15 N Gladden (1999) 4.51

D DeCruz (2008) 4.41.90

D DeCruz (2009) 4.34.75

Hurdles T Prescott (2004) 12.31



J Willis (2004) 13.25

4 x 100m Relay

Borough Team (2004) 55.88 Willmott, Prescott, Symes, Yearwood

Borough Team (2005) 51.75 Cousins, Willmott, Symes, Prescott

Borough Team (2009) 51.00 Burgess, Pelingu, Gage, St.J.Mosse

Borough Team (2007) 48.47 Bourton, Cousins, Prescott, Willmott

Triple Jump

T Moral-Abad (1995) 9.48

T Moral-Abad (1996) 10.24

T Prescott (2006) 10.94 D Crawford (2003) 11.99

Long Jump

T Prescott (2004) 4.47 D Powell (1998) 5.56 C Bashford (1996) 5.25 C Bashford (1997) 5.93

High Jump

D Gage (2007) 1.35 L Yearwood (2005) 1.45

J Alexander (2001) 1.55 T Prescott (2007) 1.65

Shot N Surty (2001) 11.06 N Surty (2002) 12.36 N Surty (2003) 11.98 N Surty (2004)

11.90 Discus T Young (2009) 25.27 N Surty (2002) 32.00 N Surty (2003) 34.96 N Surty (2004)

32.38 Javelin K Bunton (2004) 33.69 T Young (2010)

32.95 M Martin (2004) 32.36 H Knock (2007)

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EVENT YEAR 7 YEAR 8 YEAR 9

100m N Penegar (1986) 13.70 R Mach (1986) 13.10 G Davis (1997) 13.63 200m C Stakalls (2003) 27.84 C Stakalls (2004) 28.40 C Stakalls (2005) 27.46 300m A. Weaver (2010) 58.37 L. Greenslade (2010)

50.23 Z Lawal (2009) 50.70

800m H Wooldridge (1995) 2.39.00 H Wooldridge (1996) 2.29.80

Wicks (1983) 2.36.50 Sutton Schools’ Record

1500m J Larch (1990) 5.50 E Shears (2009) 5.50

L Pattison (1990) 5.38 K Hobbs (2008) 5.52

Hurdles N Thomas (2007) 13.45 Manning (1980) 11.60 Sutton Schools’ Record

C Briggs (2006) 12.25

4 x 100m Re-lay

Borough Team (1995) 59.10 Borough Team (1996) 56.16 9JRA (1997) 56.42

Long Jump C Gambriel (1989) 4.08

K Euridge (1995) 4.08 L Handyside (1995) 4.50 K Euridge (1996) 4.49

High Jump H Bradshaw (1985) 1.28 G Steines (1992) 1.42 E Bates (1997) 1.40 Shot E Marlow (2004) 8.24 E Marlow (2005) 9.34 E Marlow (2006) 10.60 Discus G McMullan (1997) 23.70

Sutton Schools’ Record G McMullan (1998) 24.50 G McMullan (1999) 28.59

Javelin J Bunton (2006) 17.90 M Kemp (1995) 25.14 C Watts (1992) 32.23

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NOTICE: Could parents please note the dates for the academic year 2010/11. Please avoid booking holidays in term time. All holidays taken in term time will be classed as unauthorised ab-sence, unless there are exceptional circumstances.

TERM DATES 2010/2011 AUTUMN TERM : Wednesday 1st September 2010 to Friday 17th December 2010 Half Term : Monday 25th to Friday 29th October 2010 SPRING TERM : Tuesday 4th January 2011 to Friday 8th April 2011 Half Term: Monday 21st to Friday 25th February 2011 SUMMER TERM : Tuesday 26th April 2011 to Friday 22nd July 2011 Half Term : Monday 30th May 2011 to Friday 3rd June 2011

TERM DATES 2011/2012 AUTUMN TERM : Monday 5th September 2011 to Tuesday 20th December 2011 Half Term : Monday 24th to Friday 28th October 2011 SPRING TERM : Wednesday 4th January 2012 to Friday 30th March 2010 Half Term: Monday 13th to Friday 17th February 2010 SUMMER TERM : Monday 16th April 2010 to Friday 20th July 2012 Half Term : Monday 4th to Friday 8th June 2012

STAFF PROFESSIONAL DAYS Wednesday 1st September 2010 Monday 1st November 2010 Tuesday 4th January 2011 Friday 24th June 2011 KEY DATES! Thursday 19th August 2010: AS/A2 results released. Tuesday 24th August 2010: GCSE results released Tuesday 31st August 2010: Year 12 Enrolment 10.30am - 2.00pm Year 13 Enrolment 2.00pm - 4.00pm Thursday 2nd September 2010 9am-3.30pm: ARD for all Y8-Y13 pupils 10.00am-3.00pm: Year 7s meet tutors FRIDAY 3RD SEPTEMBER 2010 - B WEEK: normal day for Y7-13

Re: Attendance As parents are aware, high attendance is a top priority at Glenthorne High School; only with high attendance can pupils achieve their full potential. In order to ensure good attendance from all pupils, we have reviewed our attendance policy. Our new policy will come into force from September 2010. We would like to emphasise the following changes: From September 2010, any unauthorised holiday in excess of 5 days within a twelve month period will incur a Fixed Penalty Notice.

• Please note it is the policy of the school not to authorise holidays except in very exceptional circumstances. • As this is a change in policy, could any family that has already booked a holiday that exceeds 5 days for the

next academic year please write to Miss Bray at the school as soon as possible to advise us of the booking. • Any term-time holidays taken from September onwards that are not brought to our attention before the sum-

mer holidays will be subject to the new policy. • Absences other than holidays will be referred to the Borough Attendance Service • Every effort will be made to help you improve your child’s attendance. However, failure to engage or to respond

to strategies will result in legal proceedings or fixed penalty notices.

Support and guidance on attendance is always available and if you have any questions about this or if you need any help to achieve an improvement in your child’s attendance, then please contact us to discuss the situation. If you wish to speak to the school’s Borough School Attendance Officer personally, please telephone 020 8770 6549 and ask to speak to the school’s attached Borough School Attendance Officer.

GHS News July 2010

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